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Repulsive Vision – ‘Necrovictology’ (Emanzipation Productions)

Repulsive Vision – ‘Necrovictology’ (Emanzipation Productions)

Posted by | Aug 24, 2020 | ,

Six years ago, after what he can only assume was a string of bad luck, Jonny B ended up leaving Birmingham behind to start a new life in the remote Cumbrian town of Barrow-in-Furness. Desperate to find any sort of live music to fill the void that had been left by the Birmingham metal scene, JB was surprised to find that there was an active extreme metal scene in Barrow and it was through this that he ended up at 2016’s Funeral Fest, featuring local boys Repulsive Vision.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – NAPALM DEATH

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – NAPALM DEATH

Posted by | Aug 23, 2020 | , ,

Despite the ongoing lockdown in many parts of the Überverse, we are still receiving a healthy bundle of submissions for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ title. Many of them are produced against the background of continuing quarantine conditions in some countries, while others reflect artists being able to return and flex their creative muscles once again.

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Midgard – ‘Tales Of Kreia’ (Sliptrick Records)

Midgard – ‘Tales Of Kreia’ (Sliptrick Records)

Posted by | Aug 22, 2020 | ,

Monk has to admit that, when this album submission first landed in the ÜRHQ inbox, he viewed it as something of an anomaly. A folk metal band from Ukraine who take their monicker from the ancient Norse name for the world of man (that’s Middle Earth to all you heathen Tolkienites), and a concept album about a rebellious Jedi knight… It didn’t seem to make any sense. But, then, slowly, it did…

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Diesel Machine – ‘Evolve’ (Metalville)

Diesel Machine – ‘Evolve’ (Metalville)

Posted by | Aug 22, 2020 | ,

The annals of rock ‘n’ roll are littered with tales of bands who, to quote the title of a recently released single, coulda, shoulda, woulda made it bigger than they did if events hadn’t conspired against them… one such example is Diesel Machine, who, in the mid-Nineties were among the first wave of the then new-sounding groove metal acts, alongside Lamb Of God and Machine Head, to try and piggyback the coattails of the likes of heavy blues specialists such as Pantera and Crowbar.

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